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Here’s How Trump-Era Cuts Are Undermining Programs That Serve Black Communities

In 2024, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) secured $1.5 billion in capital, $2.6 billion in contracts, and more ...
Forbes

Congress May Expand The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. But Why?

The House-passed Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 would expand the largest federal subsidy program for construction of affordable housing, called the Low-Income Housing Tax ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

States Should Pursue New Revenue Options to Expand Access and Prevent Cuts to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions

States and localities have options to secure additional revenue for their efforts to address housing affordability.
Opinion

Opinion: Bonus density programs reinforce historic segregationist patterns

“Bonus programs delivering needed local housing,” the Dec. 28 commentary by Colin Parent, presents bonus density programs as a success story but ignores the most critical issue in San Diego’s housing ...
Multi-Housing News

Middle-Income Housing Is Vanishing. What Can Be Done?

Policy expert Tia Boatman-Patterson discusses the urgent need for stakeholders to work closer together, particularly in such high-cost states as California. In a period marked by escalating housing ...
Time

The History of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit—And How it Could Improve Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

An affordable housing development under construction in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. An affordable housing development under construction in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Deb Cohn-Orbach—Universal ...